Thursday, June 21, 2007

History repeating, indeed. (countdown - 10!)



And to proof that Chinese sign-makers can still do it:
this is taken on a Yangtze (Changjiang) 长江 cruiser between Chongqing 重庆 and Yichang 宜昌.

"间手洗" is toilet/toilets 洗 xi3 手 shou3 间 jian1 (literally the "wash hand(s) room") layouted from right to left.

Many thanks to David!

13Comments:

At 10:40 AM, Blogger iceyun87 wrote ...

Hey! Don't know if you remember me...I'm the girl from Starhub who sold you your phone. HAHA.

Your site is so cool! (oh, I read the interview from 8days) ;p

你是我的偶像 mannnnnnnnn.

 
At 10:53 AM, Blogger olr — 纪韶融 wrote ...

What a coincidence, indeed!

Thanks.

Many greetings to the Valentine's Day-colleague ...

Best,

olr.

 
At 6:51 AM, Anonymous Anonymous wrote ...

洗手间就是洗手间,不可以读成间手洗,即时顺序写反了也不可以多错。

 
At 9:16 AM, Blogger olr — 纪韶融 wrote ...

有人说别的吗?

祝好,

纪韶融。

 
At 9:39 AM, Anonymous Anonymous wrote ...

so many mistakes,but we are not English speaker,we just in learning English

 
At 10:54 AM, Blogger olr — 纪韶融 wrote ...

Making mistakes is not the issue. I make them all the time in whatever language I use.

My fascination kicks in when I see them publicly displayed, on huge billboards as well as on tooth picker boxes ...

 
At 10:57 AM, Anonymous Anonymous wrote ...

你可以去北京奥运做Volunteer啊,不是有个美国老头就是义务帮政府和各大机构找错吗?很有意思,我在《鲁豫有约》上看的。

 
At 11:26 AM, Blogger olr — 纪韶融 wrote ...

好主意!

应该跟谁联络呢?
有没有北京市长的手机号码?

祝好,

纪韶融。

 
At 1:08 PM, Anonymous Anonymous wrote ...

你在中国吗,愿意去中国吗?帮你问问,只要你有心,去帮北京政府个忙,他们肯定愿意的。

Lisa

 
At 1:15 PM, Blogger olr — 纪韶融 wrote ...

Hi Lisa,

谢谢你的帮助!

请你用chinglish at olliradtke.de跟我联络,让我知道你的新发现。

纪韶融。

 
At 1:21 PM, Anonymous Anonymous wrote ...

http://www.beijing2008.com/39/80/article212038039.shtml
http://www.bjv.org.cn/news.php?id=1427
http://www.bjv.org.cn
去这些网站跟它们的相关网站看看,好多途径参加呢,不用麻烦北京市长,他老人家多忙啊!!!
Welcome to Beijing!! 老外!

Lisa

 
At 1:22 PM, Anonymous Anonymous wrote ...

那是你email吗?

Lisa

 
At 1:39 PM, Blogger olr — 纪韶融 wrote ...

是的。

纪老外。

P.S. 网址没用。我需要个联系人:)。

 

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